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In a significant stride towards improving healthcare service delivery, Government in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has powered up the majority of health facilities in Manicaland using clean and renewable energy. This is being done through the Solar for Health project in which 192 out of 214.
In March 2024, Malawi declared a State of Disaster in 23 of its 28 districts due to severe drought caused by El Niño. A solar-powered water system installed by UNICEF with funding from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) has made safe water more accessible for women and children here – sorely needed in drought-stricken Malawi.
Benin’s push aligns with regional efforts to leverage renewable energy as a tool for development. If scaled, the ROGEAP framework could serve as a blueprint for electrifying schools, clinics, and other public institutions across West Africa, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and unstable grids.
For over three months, Nigeria’s premier teaching hospital, the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, grappled with an unprecedented power crisis that disrupted surgeries, paralysed diagnostic services, and turned the once-revered facility into a dark abyss.
The European Union has announced the launch of solar projects to ensure that healthcare facilities in Plateau State have uninterrupted access to reliable electricity for medical equipment, thereby improving healthcare services for local communities.
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The call by stakeholders in the health sector for government to provide solar electric grids to power public hospitals cannot come too early. Health care institutions have not been spared of power-related problems afflicting virtually all other sectors; and the result has been catastrophic, given their life or death circumstances.
Healthcare provider Mediclinic has solar PV panels installed at 28 of its sites across the country and is gearing up to roll out a national project aimed at installing microgrids that integrate battery systems with on-site renewable energy.